Alice Cooper - The Epics POLL (1971-1975)

dwight fry!

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(Called it my favourite song in my highschool yearbook even)

Steven

Dwight Fry or Halo. Both equally deserving.

My instinct says Dead Babies but I'll have to go back and listen to these before voting.

live version of "is it my body" from detroit TV where he wears a pink leotard

OTM

I deeply suspect that 'My Stars' is going to be very underrated in this poll, which is a shame because it's fucking excellent and my favourite thing on the School's Out album!

Having skimmed through these I might go with "Only Women Bleed" though "Dead Babies" "Unfinished Sweet" and "Dwight Fry" are all strong contenders.

Fry or Halo. Both absolutely slay. I think I'll go with fry

Fry's explosion at the end was a tape of a tab of alka seltzer getting dissolved then turned up to max volume. Useless trivia for u.

Would've liked to see "Below Your Means" and "Lay Down And Die, Goodbye" as options too, not that I woulda voted for 'em

xp haha awesome

I remember driving thru Michigan and seeing an overpass with "MOMMY, WHERE'S DADDY?" spraypainted on it

damn hard to call between halo and ballad. have to go with dwight tho.

sleepin' don't come very easy in a straight white vest...

Dwight Fry, a very easy choice for me. Classic example of rock theatre.

omg this band. Dwight Fry!

made this as a spotify list, gonna be a good listen!

http://open.spotify.com/user/matthelgeson/playlist/1P5Q2JJL7ZdvQy8xGaV7Pe

before i start i'm leaning towards Black Juju, but we'll see

never actually heard welcome to my nightmare

man i regret all the years in life i was a sucker that didn't understand that alice cooper was one of america's best rock artists ever

OTM

it's like you grow up and know like schools out and i'm 18 and no more mr nice guy and wayne's world we're not worth we're not worthy and shit but man i had no idea what a bizarre, sick drugged out showtunes thuggy art metal band they were

well ended up voting halo of flies

though "unfinished sweet" off billion dollar babies is better than i rememeber.....obv dwight fry, dead babies, and black juju rule, all of this rules really

except only women bleed man does that song suck and shoulnd't be in this imo

never actually heard welcome to my nightmare

― sinister porpoise (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, June 13, 2014 2:03 PM (7 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Oh, you should! It's absolutely, completely, totally 100% classic. So many great moments. One that springs to mind right now is the Vincent Price cameo linking 'Devil's Food' and 'The Black Widow'. It's such an incredible shame that Goes To Hell (bar the title track) was nowhere near as good.

it's like you grow up and know like schools out and i'm 18 and no more mr nice guy and wayne's world we're not worth we're not worthy and shit but man i had no idea what a bizarre, sick drugged out showtunes thuggy art metal band they were

― sinister porpoise (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, June 13, 2014 2:35 PM (7 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I wonder what fans who got on board with Trash and 'Poison' thought of those earlier records. I like to think of that run of post-rehab records (Constrictor, Raise Your Fist And Yell, Trash and Hey Stoopid) as being his "hair metal" phase.

man i regret all the years in life i was a sucker that didn't understand that alice cooper was one of america's best rock artists ever

― sinister porpoise (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, June 13, 2014 10:28 AM (7 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

They are one of those bands (yes, bands) where the well known songs don't do the artists work any justice. See also : Blue Oyster Cult.

though "unfinished sweet" off billion dollar babies is better than i rememeber.....

That middle section (the 'James Bond' section) is fucking great, I think. There's even parts of it that are rhythmically interesting (the bass is playing in one time signature, while the guitars are playing in another). And of course the 'tooth pulling' section, I recommend headphones in order to fully appreciate that part.

Christ, I'd forgotten just how well-arranged 'Steven' is!

Fry or Halo. Both absolutely slay. I think I'll go with fry

― Prince Kajuku (Bill Magill), Friday, 13 June 2014 03:22 (3 days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I usually always do what Bill tells me to do but I'm going with Halo this time.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-WZK4s0hbY

One of my favorite performances caught on film. It's heightened by the open minutes of prep– taking the snake off the set, setting up and adjusting the straightjacket, messing around with the keyboard riff. Getting all the artifice straight up, only to have it washed away by the playing is just right for this band. They rush the changes a little, adding heat, so totally at the top of their game. They've made it, and they're having so much fun.

It's such an incredible shame that Alice Cooper (the band) had to split up. The Dunaway/Smith rhythm section is quite possibly one of the most underrated rhythm sections in rock.

Sometimes, too, it is quite frustrating trying to explain to people that Alice Cooper was actually the name of the band from the beginning up until '74, and not the solo artist (which it was from '75 onwards).

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

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'Halo Of Flies' is incredible, but really surprised nobody voted for 'Unfinished Sweet'!

wow, happily surprised by halo's crown! was a bit disappointed in my fry vote, figuring i was caving to the inevitable (but undeniable).

I can't even believe how great that Dwight Fry video is.

It's such an incredible shame that Alice Cooper (the band) had to split up. The Dunaway/Smith rhythm section is quite possibly one of the most underrated rhythm sections in rock.